Similarity networks as a knowledge representation for space applications

Similarity networks are a powerful form of knowledge representation that are useful for many artificial intelligence applications. Similarity networks are used in applications ranging from information analysis and case based reasoning to machine learning and linking symbolic to neural processing. Strengths of similarity networks include simple construction, intuitive object storage, and flexible retrieval techniques that facilitate inferencing. Therefore, similarity networks provide great potential for space applications

To Hell and Back – A Dangerous Memoir

Samuel Bercholz, A Guided Tour of Hell: A Graphic Memoir. Shambhala Publications, Boulder (CO), 2016. 160 pp

A New Approach to Judicial Scrutiny of Voter Registration Laws

This Note argues that 3PVRO activities implicate First Amendment rights to a degree that merits substantial constitutional protection, and therefore more robust judicial scrutiny of laws regulating them. The applicable constitutional standard requires a court to ask whether the regulated acts constitute political activity within the meaning of the First Amendment. An approach that more accurately reflects the political nature of voter registration will likewise enhance the utility of that standard, and yield more consistent results. This Note further argues that in certain cases restrictions on voter registration activities severely burden core First Amendment rights, and should therefore be subject to the most rigorous scrutiny. In Part I, this Note presents the prevailing state of the law by reviewing leading Supreme Court cases and detailing the inconsistent application of that law at the trial and appellate levels. Part II analyzes why this dominant case law has been applied incorrectly, and presents a framework for incorporating additional relevant law into an analysis of such regulations. In Part III, this Note proposes an additional framework for especially severe restrictions, arguing that in such cases a balancing test is inappropriate, and heightened standards of review should apply

The Mathematics of Growth Against Limits

The single step growth against limit equation is introduced and its consequences (s curves) are briefly explored. The possibility of sudden jumps (violations) from one growth limit curve to another is recognized and formulated. The full model featuring stochastic violations is developed. An integral equation governing the time evolution of probability density of growth is derived. The integral equation is reduced to a dispersion relation which is used to calculate the velocities of the first three moments of the growth probability density. The improvements in airliner performance over the years is analyzed by decomposition of certain economic data against the models parameters

Proposed Information Systems Accreditation Criteria

The time for accreditation of programs in Information Systems seems appropriate because of the demands of industry and academe. This project is funded by the National Science Foundation and has representatives appointed by the leading societies in computing, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS), Association for Information Systems (AIS), Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP) and the computing Sciences Accreditation Board (CSAB)

Trying to Hit a Moving Target: Report on Proposed Joint ACM/DPMA/AIS/ICIS Undergraduate IS Curriculum Update

This session is designed to obtain input from ICfS participants on the proposed undergraduate curriculum update for an IS degree program. The ICIS team took the lead to get key organizations to agree to develop a joint curriculum. The previous situation where several different organizations had released proposed curricuIm models had been confusing both to academia arid industry. The joint team has been in operation for %e pas[ year and is ready to publicly present its proposed changes for comnent

IS\u272000 Model Curriculum and Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Systems: Update Progress from IS\u2797

IS’97 represents the culmination of a four year effort by the CoChairs, task forces and reviewers (Davis 1997). The work now represents the official model curriculum for the ACM, AIS and AITP. Preliminary reports were presented in 1994 (Gorgone 1994) and in 1995 (Longenecker et al 1995). Presentations of IS’95 draft, and the finished IS’97 have been made subsequently at AIS, ICIS, ISECON, IAIM, IACIS, SIGCSE, DSI, and IRMA conferences by one or more of the CoChairs

Panel: Report of the Joint ACM/AIS Committee on Graduate IS Curriculum

This panel will discuss the MS in IS Curriculum Guidelines for the 21st Century. This curriculum is the work of a committee jointly sponsored by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The committee, chaired by John Gorgone and Paul Gray, conducted several virtual conferences and a series of meetings during 1998 and 1999. It also consulted extensively with the IS community through presentations at ten different national and international meetings

Modernizing Biomedical Training: Replacing Live Animal Laboratories with Human Simulation

This chapter reviews the global trend towards a modernization of biomedical education in favor of simulation-based training methods, which studies confirm improve student learning and transference of applied skills to clinical practice, reduce laboratory costs, and spare animals from harmful procedures